Massively Better Healthcare: The Innovator's Guide to Tackling Healthcare's Biggest Challenges

“Halle Tecco wanted to see tech used for better medical services and getting people engaged in their own health. Now, she’s written a book on how she went about it.”
―Wall Street Journal

"For anyone who invests in health, works in health tech or simply cares about where this industry is headed, this is a smart and necessary read."
―Entrepreneur

"One of the most accessible explainers of U.S. health care I have read in some time."
―Health Affairs

Healthcare is broken―but we can fix it. Our current system is plagued by staggering costs, inadequate outcomes, and pervasive inequities. How can we deliver long-overdue change and make this system work for everyone?

In this groundbreaking book, Halle Tecco provides an insider’s guide to transforming our healthcare system through innovation. Drawing from her extensive experience as an entrepreneur, investor, and professor, she delivers a practical roadmap for addressing the most pressing challenges. Combining personal narratives, compelling case studies, and actionable frameworks, Tecco explores how to identify opportunities for meaningful change and build sustainable, scalable solutions that align profit with purpose. She acknowledges the difficulties―such as regulatory hurdles, misaligned incentives, and resistance to change―but shows how entrepreneurs can turn obstacles into their competitive advantage.

Bridging the gap between Silicon Valley dynamism and healthcare’s evidence-based approach, Massively Better Healthcare offers a realistic yet optimistic view of what’s possible. Written for everyone from seasoned professionals to aspiring innovators, this book shares an inspiring and attainable vision of a better healthcare system and equips readers with the essential tools to succeed.

Halle Tecco is the founder of the venture fund Rock Health and an investor in more than fifty digital health companies. She is an adjunct professor at Columbia Business School and a course director at Harvard Medical School, where she teaches the next generation of leaders about healthcare innovation. She holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and an MPH from Johns Hopkins University.